BUTTE VALLEY -- For the third time in four days, an aircraft landed in a place not meant for that.

A Quicksilver Sport 2S ultralight landed and was left on a field near Highway 99 and Durham-Pentz Road, with no owner or explanation as to why it was there.

The aircraft, which is registered to David L. Hilst of Yankee Hill, was investigated by the Butte County Sheriff's Office at about 4 p.m. Sunday, when it received a call about a suspicious aircraft in an orchard.

There was nothing suspicious about it, said BCSO Sgt. Jeff Young. There was no reason to believe it was a crash either, and since there was no further information, the aircraft was left there for the owners to pick up.

A couple of men were seen trying to load it onto a trailer at about 1:45 p.m. Monday.

This was the third incident in the area. Four days earlier, a pilot had to make an emergency landing on Highway 70 near Cherokee Road, and on Sunday a man and his son had to land on Highway 70 near Pentz Road.

Staff writer Almendra Carpizo can be reached at 896-7760, acarpizo@chicoer.com, or on Twitter @almendracarpizo.